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Riot Ensemble: Extinction Events

February 14, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

£14.50

Liza Lim’s Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus aspire to ‘make a music out of relics of the past’, which here range from Janacek to the last-ever heard mating call of the now-extinct Kauai O’o bird. Aaron Holloway-Nahum’s Like a Memory of Birds (ii) is also about degradation and loss, filtering a familiar melodic line through an alien soundscape until it disintegrates and disappears. Meanwhile, don’t miss the London premiere of rising star Laurence Osborn’s Ctrl. Inspired by Grayson Perry’s writing on toxic masculinity, it features Sarah Dacey’s soprano filtered through an auto-tune pedal, examining themes of masculinity and violence

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Date:
February 14, 2020
Time:
8:00 pm
Cost:
£14.50
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Website:
https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/contemporary/riot-ensemble-extinction-events/

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King’s Place
Website:
kingsplace.co.uk

Venue

King’s Place
90 York Way
London, N1 9AG
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Website:
www.kingsplace.co.uk
Jack Petchey FoundationNational Foundation For Youth MusicArts Council England
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